Machine for printing price tickets and other articles



April 7, 1953 D. D. SLOAN 2,633,798

MACHINE FOR PRINTING PRICE TICKETS AND OTHER ARTICLES Filed Sept. 18,1951 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 1. I l l l l l I [ml/em) ailazldfi. 610x20 r ww-a.

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l A k N Ira/3x1 0;- N} )mzaldfi. (flow/V Patented Apr. 7, 1953 MACHINEFOR PRINTING PRICE TICKETS 7 AND OTHER ARTICLES Donald D. Sloan, Weston,Mass., assignor to Dennis'on. Manufacturing Company, Framingham, Mass, acorporation of Massachusetts Application'September 18, 1951, Serial No.247,120 8 claims. (01. 101-318) 1 This invention relates to machines forprinting price tickets and other articles and has for its objects amachine which is simple and economical in construction, which is easilyand quickly adjjustable to tickets of different kinds and which isdurable and reliable in operation.

The machine of the present invention comprises a type-carrying head forprinting the ticket or other article, a platen for backing up thearticle while being printed, an inking pad, means for moving the headback and forth through long strokes in which the head and platen cometogether and alternately through short strokes in which the. head andpad meet, together with mechanism for producing relative movementbetween the pad and the head transversely of the aforesaid movement ofthe head so that the pad does not obstruct said long strokes, theheadmoving means comprising a part oscillating about an axis andcarrying adjusting screws located different distances from the axis sothat they act on the head alternately, one at the end of the shortstroke and the other at the end of the long stroke, so that the lengthof each stroke may be adjusted independently of the other with a singleoscillating part. The mechanism for moving the inking pad back and forthbetween operative position and retracted position preferably includes afeeder for advancing the articles to be printed; the printer and padmoving back and forth together. In the preferred embodiment the headmoves up and down, the pad and feeder move horizontally along apredetermined path and the axis of the oscillating part is parallel tothe aforesaid path.

For the purpose of illustration a typical embodiment of the invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is an endelevation showing the printing head in uppermost position and the ticketfeeder and ink pad in advanced position;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the parts in the same position; and

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are similar to Fig. 1 showing the parts in differentpositions, the head being shown in retracted position in Fig. 3, inkingposition in Fig. 4 and printing position in Fig. 5.

The particular embodiment of the invention chosen for the purpose ofillustration comprises a frame I, a vertical guide 2 mounted on theframe, a printing head 3 slidable up and down in a dovetail guideway inthe guide 2, a printing chase 4 on the bottom of the head 3, a feedfinger 6 for feeding a strip of tickets T under the printing head and aninking pad 1 for inking the type on the bottom of'the chase 4. Theticket strip T slides over a platen 8 mounted on the frame I and thestrip is guided by guides 9 which overhang the edges of the strip. Theinking pad I is mounted on a slide I l which slides on the ticket guides9, the slide being guided by guides l2 mounted over theticket guides 9.

r The ticket feeding pawl 6 engages in perforations or notches in theticket strip in the usual way to advance the strip a distance equal tothe length of one ticket each time the pawl is moved from left to right(Fig. 2). The pawl 6 is pivotally mounted on the side of the upstandingrear end [3 of theslide Use that the ink-pad slide andfeed fingerreciprocate back and forth together. ,These parts are actuated by a cam[4 through the medium of a cam follower I6, a

shaft ll, an arm I8 and an adjustable link 19,

theparts being yieldingly urged forwardly by a spring 2| which holds thecam follower it against the cam I74. V

The printing head 3 is yieldingly urged toward its uppermost positionshown in Figs. 1,2 and 3 by means of spring 22. It is moved downwardlyagainst theaction of this spring by means of a cam 23, a cam follower24, a bell-crank 26 pivotally mountedin 21 and two screws 28 and 29 onthe upper end of the bell-crank. The cam 23 has a low rise 3! to advancethe printing head to its intermediateinking position and a higher rise32 to move it all the way down to the printing position shown in Fig. 4.The bell-crank 26 engages the head only through the medium of the screws28 and 29. The bell-crank is so shaped and the screws 28 and 29 are soadjusted that .only the screw 28 engages the head in the short inkingstroke and only the screw 29 engages the head at the end of theprintingstroke. Thus the length of the inking stroke may be adjusted 'bymeans of the screw 28 without effecting the printing stroke; and theprinting: stroke can be adjusted by the screw 29 without effecting thelengthof the inking stroke. 7

- The cams I4 and 23 are so shaped and positioned that the sequence ofoperations'is as follows; While the inking pad is in the forwardposition shown in Figs. 1 and 2 under the printing head the rise 3| oncam 23' forces the chase of the printing head down against theinking'pad to ink the type. Then while the head is retracting touppermost position and "starting down again the inking pad is Withdrawn.out of the path of the printinghead by meansof the rise on cam l4; andinasmuch as the feed pawl'B is mounted on'the ink-pad "slide the ticketfeeder is also retracted. With the ink pad and ticket feeder inretracted position the high rise 32 on cam 23 depresses the printinghead through its full stroke to print the ticket. As the printing headrises from printing position the ink pad and ticket feeder again advanceto the position shown inFigs. 1, 2 and 8.

It should be understood that the present disclosure is for the purposeof illustration only and that this invention includes all modificationsand equivalents which fall within the scope of the appended claims. Forexample it will be understood that the machine maybe provided with acutter to sever the foremost ticket from the ticket strip.

I claim: 7

1. For printing a ticket or other article a machine comprising atype-carrying head for printing the article, a platen for backing up thearticle while being printed,,:an inking pad, means for moving'the headback and forth through long strokes in which thehe'ad and platen cometogether and alternately through short strokes in which the head and padmeet, and mechanism for producing relative movement between the pad andthe head transversely of said movement so that the pad does not obstructsaid long strokes, said means comprising a partosc'illating about anaxis and carrying two adjusting screws located different distances fromsaid axis so that the'inner screw nearer the axis has a shorter path oftravel than the outer screw, and said screws and head being positionedrelatively to each other aboutsaid'axis so that the outer screw does notengage the head until the end of the short stroke and the inner screwdisengages the head before the end of the long stroke, whereby thelength of each stroke may be adjusted independently of the other with asingle oscillating part.

2. For printing a ticket or other article a machine comprising atype-carryinghead for printing the article, a platen for backing up thearticle while being printed, an inking pad, means for moving the headback and forth through long strokes in which the head'andjpl aten cometogether and alternately through short strokes in which the head andp'ad'meet, and'mech'anism for producing relative movement between thepad and the head transversely of said 'movement'so that the pad does notobstruct, said long strokes,

said mechanism includes a feederfor'advancing articles to the platen tobe printed, said means comprising :a part oscillating about an axis'andcarrying two adjusting screws located different distances from said axisso that the inner screw nearer the axis has ash-orter path of travelthan the outer screw, and'said screw and head being positionedrelatively to each other about said axis so that the outer screw doesnot- .article while being printed, an inking pad, means for moving thehead back and forth through long strokes in which the head and platencome together and alternately through short strokes in which the headand pad meet, andmechanism for producing relative movement between thepad and the head along a predetermined path so that stroke, whereby thelength of each stroke may be adjusted independently of the other with ale oscillating part.

4. For printing a ticket or other article a machine comprising atype-carrying head for printing. the article, a platen for backing upthe article while being printed, an inking pad, means for'moving thehead back and forth through long strokes in which the head and platencome together and alternately through short strokes in which the headand pad meet, and mechanism for producing relative movement between thepad and th head along a predetermined path so that the pad does notobstruct said long strokes,said mechanism includes a feeder foradvancing articles to the platen to be printed, said means comprising'apart oscillating about an axis parallelto said path and carrying twoadjusting screws located different distances from said axis so that theinner screw nearer the axis has a shorter path of travel than the outerscrew, and said screws and head being positioned relatively'to eachother about said axis so that the outer screw does not engage the headuntil the end of the short stroke and the inner screw disengages thehead before the end of the long stroke, whereby the length of eachstroke may be adjusted independently of the other with "a singleoscillating part.

5. For printing -a ticket or other article a machine comprising atype-carrying head for printing the article, a platen for backing up thearticle while being printed, an inking pad, means for moving the head"up and down through long strokes in which the head and platen cometogether and alternately through short strokes in which the head and padmeet, and mechanism for producing horizontal movement between the padand the head along a predetermined path so that the pad does notobstruct said long strokes, said means comprising a part oscillating"about an axis parallel to said path and carrying two adjusting screwslocated different distances from said axis so that the inner screwnearer the axis has a shorter path of travel than the outer screw, andsaid screws and head being positioned relatively to each other aboutsaid axis so'that the outer screw does not engage the head until the endof the short stroke and the inner screw disengages the head before'theend of the long stroke, whereby the length of each stroke may beadjusted independently of the other with a single oscillating part.

6. For printing a ticket or other article a machine comprising atype-carrying head for printing the article, a platen for backing up thearticle while being printed, an inking pad, means for moving the headup'and down through long strokes in which the head and'platen cometogether and alternately through short strokes in said mechanismincludes a feeder for advancin articles to the platen to be printed,said means comprising a part oscillating about an axis parallel to saidpath and carrying two adjusting screws located different distances fromsaid axis so that the inner screw nearer the axis has a shorter path oftravel than the outer screw, and said screws and head being positionedrelatively to each other about said axis so that the outer screw doesnot engage the head until the end of the short stroke and the innerscrew disengages the head before the end of the long stroke, whereby thelength of each stroke may be adjusted independently of the other with asingle oscillating Part.

7. For printing a ticket or other article a machine comprising a typeholder for printing the article, a platen for backing up the articlewhile being printed, an inking pad, means for causing movement of thetype back and forth through long strokes in which the type and platencome together and alternately through short strokes in which the typeand pad meet, and mechanism for producing relative movement between thepad and the type transversely of said movement so that the pad does notobstruct said long strokes, said means including a train ofinterengaging parts comprising a part oscillating about an axis andcarrying two adjusting screws located different distances from the axis,said train also comprising a part engageable with one of said screwsthroughout a portion of the arc of movement of the oscillating part toeffect a short stroke and engageable with the other screw throughout asucceeding portion of said are to effect a long stroke, whereby thelength of each stroke may be adjusted independently of the other with asingle oscillating part.

8. For printing a ticket or other article a machine comprising a typeholder for printing the article, a platen for backing up the articlewhile beingprinted, an inking pad, means for causing movement of thetype back and forth through long strokes in which the type and platencome together and alternately through short strokes in which the typeand pad meet, and mechanism for producing relative movement between thepad and the type transversely of said movement so that the pad does notobstruct said long strokes, said means including a train ofinterengaging parts comprising a part oscillating about an axis and anadjacent cooperating part, one of the parts carrying two adjustingscrews located different distances from the axis so that one screwengages the other part throughout a portion of the arc of movement ofthe oscillating part to effect a short stroke and the other screwengages said other part throughout a succeeding portion of said are toeffect a long stroke, whereby the length of each stroke may be adjustedindependently of the other with a single oscillating part.

DONALD D. SLOAN.

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